First Steps Nutrition Trust
@1stepsnutrition.bsky.social
We are a UK NGO providing evidence based information & resources about good nutrition from pre-conception to 5 years. This account is managed by First Steps Director Dr Vicky Sibson
❗ We’ve updated our Eating Well for New Mums guide, last updated in 2020, to reflect the latest advice and support for new mums.
The guide highlights the importance of eating well for new mums and answers some FAQs new breastfeeding mums may have about eating and drinking.
The guide highlights the importance of eating well for new mums and answers some FAQs new breastfeeding mums may have about eating and drinking.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
❗ We’ve updated our Eating Well for New Mums guide, last updated in 2020, to reflect the latest advice and support for new mums.
The guide highlights the importance of eating well for new mums and answers some FAQs new breastfeeding mums may have about eating and drinking.
The guide highlights the importance of eating well for new mums and answers some FAQs new breastfeeding mums may have about eating and drinking.
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We’re really pleased to see this article published in the @BMJ today!
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We’re really pleased to see this article published in the @BMJ today!
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We’re really pleased to see this article published in the @BMJ today!
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💥 Celebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall supporting our campaign to double bean consumption!
And several major businesses have already pledged to #BangInSomeBeans
Join the movement: ➡️ bit.ly/47wdTiW
And several major businesses have already pledged to #BangInSomeBeans
Join the movement: ➡️ bit.ly/47wdTiW
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
💥 Celebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall supporting our campaign to double bean consumption!
And several major businesses have already pledged to #BangInSomeBeans
Join the movement: ➡️ bit.ly/47wdTiW
And several major businesses have already pledged to #BangInSomeBeans
Join the movement: ➡️ bit.ly/47wdTiW
🎃 Halloween is here but do your children's treats contain artificial food colours? Some azo dyes can cause hyperactivity.
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🎃 Halloween is here but do your children's treats contain artificial food colours? Some azo dyes can cause hyperactivity.
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Yesterday @itvnews.bsky.social reported how extortionate formula costs are putting babies at risk.
@jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social urged the UK govt to implement the @cmagovuk.bsky.social's recommendations to make the formula market fairer.
Doing so will also protect breastfeeding.
bit.ly/48TOxfG
@jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social urged the UK govt to implement the @cmagovuk.bsky.social's recommendations to make the formula market fairer.
Doing so will also protect breastfeeding.
bit.ly/48TOxfG
Sikh community calls for help after reports of racially aggravated attacks | ITV News Central (West)
YouTube video by ITV News In Full
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October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Yesterday @itvnews.bsky.social reported how extortionate formula costs are putting babies at risk.
@jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social urged the UK govt to implement the @cmagovuk.bsky.social's recommendations to make the formula market fairer.
Doing so will also protect breastfeeding.
bit.ly/48TOxfG
@jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social urged the UK govt to implement the @cmagovuk.bsky.social's recommendations to make the formula market fairer.
Doing so will also protect breastfeeding.
bit.ly/48TOxfG
Listen from 9.45 for a feature on the harm being caused by DHSC inaction on high infant formula prices m.youtube.com/watch?v=GaMk... @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social
Sikh community calls for help after reports of racially aggravated attacks | ITV News Central (West)
YouTube video by ITV News In Full
m.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Listen from 9.45 for a feature on the harm being caused by DHSC inaction on high infant formula prices m.youtube.com/watch?v=GaMk... @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social
It’s hard to believe this is the UK in 2025
⚠️ Millions of families across the country are struggling to feed themselves and are:
🔹 Cutting back on food
🔹 Skipping meals
🔹 Going entire days without eating
Learn more in our latest podcast: tinyurl.com/y3mvuhwf
🔹 Cutting back on food
🔹 Skipping meals
🔹 Going entire days without eating
Learn more in our latest podcast: tinyurl.com/y3mvuhwf
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s hard to believe this is the UK in 2025
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Every month that passes without a government response to the inappropriate marketing of infant formula is another missed opportunity to protect babies' health and families from profit greed.
October 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Every month that passes without a government response to the inappropriate marketing of infant formula is another missed opportunity to protect babies' health and families from profit greed.
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📢 Around 290,000 children aged under five are due to miss out on the government's upcoming Free School Meals expansion unless nurseries and childcare settings are included!
Read about Bremner & Co report findings in today's
@the-independent.com ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Read about Bremner & Co report findings in today's
@the-independent.com ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Nearly 300,000 disadvantaged young children set to miss out on free meals
Exclusive: Experts warns Labour’s free school meal expansion will skip over a key cohort of disadvantaged children
www.independent.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 Around 290,000 children aged under five are due to miss out on the government's upcoming Free School Meals expansion unless nurseries and childcare settings are included!
Read about Bremner & Co report findings in today's
@the-independent.com ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Read about Bremner & Co report findings in today's
@the-independent.com ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
This year’s #WorldFoodDay theme is ‘Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future’. Here at First Steps, we want to ensure that everyone, including babies and children, has access to healthy food. Eating more minimally processed foods is good for the planet and people.
October 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This year’s #WorldFoodDay theme is ‘Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future’. Here at First Steps, we want to ensure that everyone, including babies and children, has access to healthy food. Eating more minimally processed foods is good for the planet and people.
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🚨 'We can't keep calling it 'pro-business' to let firms profit from unhealthy food'
Here's what happened when young Food Ambassadors came face to face with MPs at #PartyConferences
🔗 bit.ly/48oa0wV
Here's what happened when young Food Ambassadors came face to face with MPs at #PartyConferences
🔗 bit.ly/48oa0wV
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 'We can't keep calling it 'pro-business' to let firms profit from unhealthy food'
Here's what happened when young Food Ambassadors came face to face with MPs at #PartyConferences
🔗 bit.ly/48oa0wV
Here's what happened when young Food Ambassadors came face to face with MPs at #PartyConferences
🔗 bit.ly/48oa0wV
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Postage stamps from around the world illustrating breastfeeding
July 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Postage stamps from around the world illustrating breastfeeding
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📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system?
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system?
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
❗️ICYMI: On 10 September 2025, UNICEF published its Child Nutrition Report 2025, Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children
For the first time ever, among school-aged children and adolescents globally, overweight has exceeded underweight as the dominant form of malnutrition.
For the first time ever, among school-aged children and adolescents globally, overweight has exceeded underweight as the dominant form of malnutrition.
October 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
❗️ICYMI: On 10 September 2025, UNICEF published its Child Nutrition Report 2025, Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children
For the first time ever, among school-aged children and adolescents globally, overweight has exceeded underweight as the dominant form of malnutrition.
For the first time ever, among school-aged children and adolescents globally, overweight has exceeded underweight as the dominant form of malnutrition.
📰Want to keep up to date with the latest UK news and research about infant and child feeding?
Our latest newsletter was published last week, here are the highlights ➡️
Our latest newsletter was published last week, here are the highlights ➡️
October 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📰Want to keep up to date with the latest UK news and research about infant and child feeding?
Our latest newsletter was published last week, here are the highlights ➡️
Our latest newsletter was published last week, here are the highlights ➡️
For more recipes and information, download our FREE eating well resources, including a specific guide for vegan infants aged 1 to under 5, here: www.firststepsnutrition.org/eating-well-...
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For more recipes and information, download our FREE eating well resources, including a specific guide for vegan infants aged 1 to under 5, here: www.firststepsnutrition.org/eating-well-...
Unfortified or sweetened (with added sugars, free sugars or non-sugar sweeteners) plant-based drinks are not an acceptable alternative to cows’ milk - this includes any organic plant drink as these products are not fortified.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Unfortified or sweetened (with added sugars, free sugars or non-sugar sweeteners) plant-based drinks are not an acceptable alternative to cows’ milk - this includes any organic plant drink as these products are not fortified.
Whole or semi-skimmed cows’ milk is preferable to plant-based drinks for children aged 1 to 5 years who consume animal products. Fortified & unsweetened (without added sugars, free sugars/non-sugar sweeteners) soya, oat and almond drinks are an acceptable alternative to cows’ milk.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Whole or semi-skimmed cows’ milk is preferable to plant-based drinks for children aged 1 to 5 years who consume animal products. Fortified & unsweetened (without added sugars, free sugars/non-sugar sweeteners) soya, oat and almond drinks are an acceptable alternative to cows’ milk.
Vitamin B12 is almost exclusively found in animal products and vegan children will require either a supplement or fortified foods (such as unsweetened fortified milk alternatives). Other important nutrients for vegan children include plenty of iron, calcium, iodine, riboflavin, and Omega-3 fats.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Vitamin B12 is almost exclusively found in animal products and vegan children will require either a supplement or fortified foods (such as unsweetened fortified milk alternatives). Other important nutrients for vegan children include plenty of iron, calcium, iodine, riboflavin, and Omega-3 fats.